Blanket washing and drying machine.



E. WHITE.

BLANKET WASHING AND DRYING MACHINE Patented June `25, 1918.

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Specification of Letters Patent. :fi'mbvmltedf li-111110925, 1918.

appiieationiueaaiprii 25, .1916. serial No. 93,558.V

To all whom it concerti'.- v y* Be it known that I, EDWARD WHITE, a citi? zen .of theUnited States, residingl at Hawthorne, inthe Icounty. of Passaic .and `State-.of `New. Jersey, have. invented Vcertain new and useful I Improvements .in Blanket YVashing and. Drying .Machines and` Ido hereby. de-

clarey the `following to be a full, clear,.and

. exact..desci'iption .of the invention, suchias will enableothersiskilled in the. art to which it appertains tomake anduse ,the same. i

This invention relates to improvements in i .textilefprinting machines, vand has for itsob- `ject to f provide means for. Washing'` and` cleansing .the endless `web .or.blanket,. as it is known in .therr .arte of colors or .inksf which come through the` `printed cloth as the blanket passesoverY the impression cylinder of the printing machine, thus yeliminating the; use, and consequently :the expense, of the cgray Cloth.y which `has .been heretofore used for takingup ytheexcess -color-or ink passing `through'the,printed cloth andis known tobe extremely expensive. y y

.With this and other objectsin view, the invention consists in the novel construction,

combination. and` arrangement ofparts as will be` hereinafter speciiically.described,

f claimed andillustrat'ed in `theaccompany- ,ing drawings, fin which:

Eigure 1 represents 4a diagrammatic. view in side.k elevation of .the improvedI .blanket washing machine, illustrating the impres- 'sion cylinderof a :textileprinting machine,

.T Fig@ represents.. a .fragmentary -longitw dinal tsectional view through fthe washing machine, and Eig'. 3 Arepresents a of the washing machine.

'Referringto r the drawings in detail, wherein similar reference numerals :indicate corresponding parts throughout 'the several views, the numerals '55 and-. Glindicate the horizontal and vertical beams of 'the supportion thereof is supported on a fragmentary plan viewA .which latter are arrange rows. "L

. justing screws r12, sol as to varythe rtension of the blanket, as desired. From ,the adj ustable 1 roller 11, the, blanket. extends` Q downwardly' iinder, a relativelylarge cylinder' 13, which isi supported in a liquid container 14 `from which lthe Ywater or other; washing.

'fluid is conducted by a drain; pipe 14a. At

,.fpointson ,opposite sides of .the adjustable` roller 11, perforated sprayer ,pipes 15:are ar- 1 rangedover .the `blanket 8 andare designed to ,spray .water thereon so as `to softenv the ink` or dyegprior tothe entrance ofthe blanketinto lthe tank or container 14.

` Aseries of 4rotarybrushes 16` are rotatably supported `in the container 14y directly under the cylinder. land are arranged toopferate against the .portion` of the vblanket ,traveling over the cylinder 18. A plurality `of sprayer .pipes 16aL is arranged yin, rtheco-ntainer and e positioned to direct sprays of water against -qthe ,blanket and brushes .16. l.Leavingthe ycylinderl'), the. blanket is extended over, and under guide rollers 17 and 18, respectively, and intermediate said guide rollersl 17 and ,.18 isarrangeda roller 19 which is Vfd'riven -ata high speed by means .which will be lhereinafter.described, to carry off .the water from the blanket 8 as the latter passes thereover. The roller 19 is ,engaged by alflexible blade 19", which is so. arrangedl as to carry .'ofl3 and.direct water `into the container 14.

Adjacent the roller 18 vare arrangedpairs of vertically disposed nprights. 19"4 in which are supported vertical rowsof drying cylinders 20, known `in theartas drying cans, which are conneetedwith each other by gear Wheels 21.and:intermeshingpinions 22. The

blanket18 is extended back and forth over the `rows of drying cansiQO, and .frointhe ,uppermost drying can saidbljanketis, .ex tended over a series oft uide rollers 23,v

gi in superposed A tensioning roller 24 is supported upon the blanket 8 for tensioninglthe-latter; and is :connected with weights 25. Fromthe guide rollers 23 the blanket 8 is extended toward the impression cylinder 7 and over guide rollers 26.

An auxiliary blanket 27 is extended over the impression cylinder 7 under the main blanket and is supported upon an adjustable roller 28 mounted in the supporting frame of the washing machine.

The operating gear wheels and pinions 2l and .2a respectively for the drying @am are driven bya gear wheel QS-supported..-

upon a shaft 29, which latter is driven by vbelts 30, and a counter shaft`31, one of the belts 3-0 being connected withjthe impression cylinder l7 of the printing machine.

f- A Lshaft, 33 is supported upon the container 14; and is connected by belts or other power transmitting devices 34: with a drive shaft `32 and is connected by a belt or chain Swith the several rotary brushes 16, which llatter rotate in a direction opposite to the direction of rotation of the cylinder 13. Thek roller 19y is connected with a shaft 33 by ra belt or other power transmitting device 15,

y the 4under side of the blanket 8 moves in a 36, and the portion thereof which engages -direction opposite `to that in which the n andv 11 and under the cylinder 13,y the water or other yfluid discharged `from the sprayer blanket moves.

In operation, the fabric to be printed isv carried over the portion ofthe blanket 8 disposed upon the impression` cylinder 7 and is printed in thejusual manner by the engraved Vprinting roller 7a in connection with the printing machine. From the impression cylinder the blanket travels 'upwardly vover the several guide rollers `9,

pipes serves to moisten the ink or dye on the blanket. In passing through the container 14, the blanket is subjected to water discharged by. the sprayer pipe 16a and is thoroughly washed by the rotary brushes 16 and after leaving the cylinder tion.

WhatI claim is: 1. In combination with the impression cylinder and printing roller of a textile printing machine, an endless .web or .blanket adapted to travel upon said impression cylinder, means for applying liquid to and scrubbing said blanket, and means for mois- 2. In combination wit the mpression cylinder and printing roller of a textile printing machine, an endless web or blanket adapted to travel upon said impression cylinder, means for applying liquid and scrubbing said blanket, .and means located at various points between the impression cylinder and the scrubbing means for moistening said blanket preliminary to its passage over 'said scrubbing'means.

3. In combination with the impression cylinder and printing roller 'oi'a textile-- printing machine, an endless .web or blanket l"adapted" to travel. upon said impression cylinder, means vfor applyingfliquid and scrubbing'said blanket, means for moistening said blanket preliminary to its passage over said scrubbing means, and a pluralityoi'f rollers arranged Ybetween the scrubbing means and the'impression rollers and said blanket being extended back and forth over said rollers .so as to aerate and cool the blanket.

4. `In conibination'with the impression cylinder and printing rollers oi a textile printing kmachine, an endless web or blanket adapted lto travel upon said impression cylinder, means for applying liquid and scrubbing said blanket, means for moistening said blanket'preliminary to its passage over said Ascrubbing means,I drying means for said blanketarranged intermediate the scrubbing means of the impression cylinder, and a plurality ofV rows of rollers arranged between the drying means and the impression cylinder for supporting and cooling the blanket prior to its return to the impression cylinder.

`5. In a blanket washing machine for textile printing machines, a container, a cylinder jou'rnaledA in the container, an endless blanket extending over said cylinder, means for moistening said blanket, means for scrubbing said blanket during its passage over said cylinder, a high speed rollerengaging said blanket for extracting liquid therefrom by pressure, and a blade engagingthe roller for deflecting the liquid back into the container.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature s in presence of two witnesses. tening said blanket preliminary to its pas- `sage over said scrubbin means.

Y, i EDVVARDVHITF..

Witnesses:

yGEORGE E.`Bnowiv, ,HENRY N. WILL.

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Washington, D. C. 

